Improvement in fences



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AUGUSTIN ELLIS AD @LIVER ALBERTSON, OF SALEM, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 72,469, dated December 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN ENCES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

- Be it known that we, AUGUSTIN ELLIS and OLIVER ALBERTsoN, of Salem, in the county of Washington, and State of Indiana, have made and invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, an'd exact description thereof, which will enablel those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference-being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference lnarked thereon. l

This invention relates to n. new and improved portable fence, such as are designed to be readily Aput up and taken down. The invention consisits in a novel application of braces or supports to the fence, and the manner of' connecting the panels Vtogether', vvhereby a rm and substantial straight fence is obtained, `and the wo-rm or zigzag fence avoided. I In 'the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a side view of our invention.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. v V

A A represent two panels of a fence, constructed of horizontal slats a, connected by vertical batten's b,

the latter being nailed or otherwise secured to the slatsat both sides ot the same. '.lhe end battens of the panels project beyond the ends ofthe slats, so that the panels inay be lapped together and connected by pins, o, passing through them, the panels being in line with eachother, so as to `i'ornn a straight fence.A To each side of each panel A there are attached blocks, B B. These blocks are attached to the panels in pairs, the-block B ot' each pair extending out further from the panels thanuthe other ones, B', and having strips, C, attached to lth-em by nails or otherwise. To each strip C, ba's Dare` attached by pins d, or otherwise, an'd .these bars D serve as bases to support the panels, the bars or bases resting upon the ground and forming a rm support for the fence, and fully obviating the necessity of placing the panels in a zigzag position in order that it may he securely retained in place. v' f I Having thus described our invention, we claimas' new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The obliquely-projecting bars or bases D, attached to the panels A. A, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

Y AUGUSTIN ELLIS,

OLIVER ALBERTSON.

Witnesses:

D. W. C. THOMAS, JAMES B. Amas. 

